RESTORE
This chapter from the BFG Handbook (Christian Edition of the Tao Te Ching) presents the gospel through a new "Expression" of God’s Love to RESTORE the Truth.
Chapter 71 from the BFG Handbook (Christian Edition of the Tao Te Ching) presents the gospel through a new “Expression” of God’s Love to RESTORE people to the Truth.
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Chapter 71: The Wisdom of Truth
To know that you do not know is wisdom 1
To not know but proclaim that you know is sin
When one recognizes sin as a sin 2
One can be free from sin
The Son of God is without sin 3
Because He recognizes sin as sin 4
That is why He is free from sin
Wisdom Begins Where Knowing Ends
“To know that you do not know is wisdom”
In this Chapter 71 of the Tao Te Ching reflects on the importance of humility and self-awareness in the pursuit of wisdom. It begins with the statement that “to know that you do not know is wisdom,” emphasizing the value of recognizing one’s own limitations and acknowledging that true understanding comes from a place of humility. This mirrors the teachings of Jesus, particularly in Matthew 23:1-4, where He warns against the pride of the Pharisees who claim to have knowledge and authority without truly understanding God’s will. Jesus emphasizes the importance of humility and the willingness to learn, as He often taught that “the first shall be last, and the last shall be first” (Matthew 20:16). In the Christian context, recognizing our lack of knowledge points us toward God as the source of true wisdom and understanding.
The Bible often reminds us how small our knowing is next to God. In the Book of Job, Elihu speaks to a man in deep suffering. He does not pretend to explain everything. He simply bows before a God too great to be measured, in a verse that is one of the chapter’s own footnotes.
“Surely God is great, and we do not know him; the number of his years is unsearchable.”
Job 36:26NRSVue
This is not a call to stop thinking. The Church loves learning, science and good questions. It is a call to hold what we know with open hands. Even St. Paul, who knew the Scriptures deeply, admitted that in this life we see only part of the picture. A humble mind keeps learning because it knows the lesson is never finished.
“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.”
1 Corinthians 13:12ESV
And the gap in our knowing does not stay empty. God loves to answer the honest prayer of someone who admits they need Him: “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault” (James 1:5). He never scolds us for asking.
“One who believes may not be presumptuous; on the contrary, truth leads to humility, since believers know that, rather than ourselves possessing truth, it is truth which embraces and possesses us.”Pope Francis, Lumen Fidei 34
“Ultimately, the lack of a heartfelt and prayerful acknowledgment of our limitations prevents grace from working more effectively within us…”Pope Francis, Gaudete et Exsultate 50
You are in a meeting and someone asks a question you cannot answer. Everyone looks at you. The easy move is to bluff and hope nobody checks. Or your teenager asks why God allows suffering, and you feel pressure to have a neat answer ready. Chapter 71 offers a braver way: “To know that you do not know is wisdom.” Saying “I’m not sure, let me find out” is not weakness. It is honesty. And when you add a quiet prayer for wisdom, you invite God into the gap.
Try this today: When you hit a question you cannot answer today, say “I don’t know yet,” and ask God for wisdom before you look it up.
The Trap of Pretending to Know
“To not know but proclaim that you know is sin”
The passage goes on to say that “to not know but proclaim that you know is sin.” This aligns with 1 John 1:8, which reminds us that if we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves. Sin arises when we are too proud or self-deceived to admit our need for God’s guidance. In contrast, recognizing our ignorance before God and humbling ourselves is the first step toward wisdom and righteousness.
Jesus saw this trap clearly in some religious leaders of His day. They were sure they saw everything, so they could not see their own need. After He healed a man born blind, some Pharisees asked if they were blind too. His answer is another of this chapter’s footnotes.
“…If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.”
John 9:41ESV
Notice what Jesus says. Not knowing is not the problem; every one of us starts there. The problem is claiming to see when we do not, because that shuts the door on the One who can heal our sight. The same thing happens when we act sure about God, about other people or about ourselves, and refuse to listen.
“The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.”
Proverbs 12:15ESV
The cure is simple, though not easy: honesty. Admit what you do not know. Ask, listen and learn. Let others correct you without getting defensive. A heart that stops pretending becomes a heart God can teach, and a person who can say “I was wrong” becomes someone others can trust.
“This ignorance can often be imputed to personal responsibility. This is the case when a man ‘takes little trouble to find out what is true and good, or when conscience is by degrees almost blinded through the habit of committing sin.’”Catechism 1791
“Feigned ignorance and hardness of heart do not diminish, but rather increase, the voluntary character of a sin.”Catechism 1859
The Church distinguishes honest ignorance we could not avoid from ignorance we choose or fake. The chapter’s warning is about pretending: refusing to learn, or acting sure when we are not.
Scroll through any comment section and you will see it: people who have never studied a subject explaining it with total confidence. It is easy to judge them, until we notice we do it too. We forward an article we never read. We repeat something about a coworker we never checked. We give a friend advice about a situation we only half understand. Chapter 71 is blunt: “To not know but proclaim that you know is sin.” Honesty can be as simple as saying, “I might be wrong about this.”
Try this today: Before you share, post or repeat something today, ask yourself, “Do I actually know this is true?” If not, let it go.
Naming Sin Opens the Door to Freedom
“When one recognizes sin as a sin
One can be free from sin”
The next line points to the recognition of sin itself as the key to being free from it: “When one recognizes sin as sin, one can be free from sin.” This principle echoes the teachings of Romans 6:15-18, where Paul speaks about being set free from the power of sin when we acknowledge it and choose to follow righteousness through Christ. By acknowledging sin and its destructive power, believers are called to repentance and to embrace God’s forgiveness and grace.
We cannot be set free from something we refuse to admit is there. That is why the chapter puts recognition first. King David tried to keep his sin quiet, and it only grew heavier. Freedom came when he finally stopped hiding it from God.
“I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah”
Psalm 32:5ESV
Recognizing sin is not the same as drowning in guilt. Guilt that only stares at itself leads to despair. Recognition that turns toward God leads to mercy. Jesus told of a tax collector who simply beat his breast and prayed, “God, have mercy on me, a sinner” (Luke 18:13). He went home justified, because he called his sin what it was.
This is why Christ gave His Church the sacrament of Confession. There we name our sins out loud, hear the words of absolution from the priest, and walk out lighter. Nothing we confess there is too big for His mercy. What we honestly admit, He freely forgives.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
1 John 1:9ESV
“To acknowledge one’s sin… to recognize oneself as being a sinner, capable of sin and inclined to commit sin, is the essential first step in returning to God.”Saint John Paul II, Reconciliatio et Paenitentia 13
“Like a physician who probes the wound before treating it, God, by his Word and by his Spirit, casts a living light on sin…”Catechism 1848
“Without the knowledge Revelation gives of God we cannot recognize sin clearly and are tempted to explain it as merely a developmental flaw, a psychological weakness, a mistake…”Catechism 387
You snapped at your kids, then told yourself they deserved it. You keep going back to a website you know is pulling you down, and call it harmless. You hold on to a grudge and call it “just protecting myself.” We are all experts at renaming sin. Chapter 71 offers a different path: “When one recognizes sin as a sin, one can be free from sin.” Try the honest name. It can sting for a moment. But that moment is the beginning of freedom, because what you bring into the light, God can heal.
Try this today: Pick one habit you have been excusing, name it honestly before God, and look up a Confession time near you.
The Sinless Son of God
“The Son of God is without sin”
The chapter concludes with the assertion that “the Son of God is without sin because He recognizes sin as sin.” This is a profound statement about the purity and righteousness of Jesus Christ. As 1 Peter 2:22-24 declares, Jesus “committed no sin,” and He took on the sins of the world, bearing them on the cross to bring humanity back into a right relationship with God. Jesus, being fully aware of sin and its consequences, lived a life without sin because He perfectly aligned Himself with the will of the Father, recognizing sin for what it is—rebellion against God. Romans 8:1-8 reinforces this understanding, explaining that through Christ, we are set free from the law of sin and death. By recognizing sin as sin and rejecting its power, Jesus demonstrated true freedom, which He offers to those who believe in Him.
The Church has always confessed that Jesus is truly God and truly man, like us in everything except sin. He was not distant from our struggles. He knew hunger, tiredness, loneliness, betrayal and grief. He felt the full weight of temptation, yet He never once gave in.
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.”
Hebrews 4:15ESV
This matters for us. Only someone without sin could carry the sins of others. A drowning person cannot rescue another drowning person; it takes someone standing on solid ground. Because Jesus is without sin, He could take our place on the Cross and give us His own righteousness in exchange.
“For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
2 Corinthians 5:21ESV
His sinlessness does not push us away. It is the very reason we can come close without fear. St. John writes that He “You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin” (1 John 3:5, ESV). The Holy One came looking for sinners.
“Jesus is the new Adam who remained faithful just where the first Adam had given in to temptation. … Christ reveals himself as God’s Servant, totally obedient to the divine will.”Catechism 539
“By sending his own Son in the form of a slave, in the form of a fallen humanity, on account of sin, God ‘made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.’”Catechism 602
We tend to trust people who have been through what we are going through: a friend who beat an addiction, a coworker who survived the same layoff, a parent whose child also drifted from the faith. Jesus is that kind of friend, and more. He faced real temptation: pressure, hunger, fear, the pull to take the easy way. He never gave in, and that is exactly why He can help you when you are tempted. You are not bringing your struggle to someone who does not understand it. You are bringing it to the One who won.
Try this today: The next time temptation hits, pray in your own words, “Jesus, You faced this and won. Stand with me now.”
Seeing Sin Clearly, Living Free
“Because He recognizes sin as sin
That is why He is free from sin”
The chapter’s “because” is worth reading with care. Jesus is not sinless because He studied harder or tried harder than we do. He is the all-holy Son of God, perfectly one with the Father’s will. But His holiness shows itself in perfect clarity. In the desert, when Satan dressed temptation up as something good, Jesus saw straight through it and named it.
“Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’””
Matthew 4:10NRSVue
Jesus never called evil good or good evil. He never made excuses for sin, and He never looked down on a sinner. That clear sight belongs to His freedom. Sin is a lie that promises freedom and delivers chains. The One who sees through every lie is never caught by it, and He shares His freedom with us through His Spirit.
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.”
Romans 8:1-2ESV
St. Paul adds that “the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace” (Romans 8:6). As we stay close to Jesus, we begin to see a little more as He sees, and to live a little more freely each day. Freedom grows the way faith does: step by step, choice by choice.
“It is precisely in the Passion, when the mercy of Christ is about to vanquish it, that sin most clearly manifests its violence and its many forms…”Catechism 1851
“Man’s freedom is limited and fallible. In fact, man failed. He freely sinned. By refusing God’s plan of love, he deceived himself and became a slave to sin.”Catechism 1739
Think of the slogans that promise freedom today: “Do whatever feels right.” “No one gets to tell you what to do.” “It’s your life.” Then think of how often doing whatever we want leaves us anxious, tired and stuck in habits we cannot break. Chapter 71 shows a different kind of freedom. Jesus “recognizes sin as sin,” and “that is why He is free from sin.” Real freedom is not the power to do anything at all. It is the power to choose the good, and Jesus gives it to everyone who follows Him.
Try this today: This morning, ask the Holy Spirit to help you see one choice today the way Jesus sees it, then choose the good.
Living the Chapter
The whole chapter, put into practice
In conclusion, this chapter speaks to the importance of humility, repentance, and the recognition of sin in the Christian life. Jesus is presented as the perfect example of one who, by recognizing sin as sin, remained free from its power and offers that same freedom to those who follow Him. Through this humility and acknowledgment of sin, we find true wisdom and freedom in Christ.
Chapter 71 is a short path from honesty to freedom. Admit what you do not know. Stop pretending. Call sin by its true name. Look to Jesus, the Son of God without sin. Let Him share His freedom with you.
This path is walked in ordinary moments: saying “I don’t know” at work, saying “I’m sorry” at home, kneeling in the confessional, praying “forgive us our trespasses” and meaning it. Each step is small, but each one brings us closer to the One who sets us free.
“So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.”
John 8:36NRSVue
“For the man who has committed evil, the verdict of his conscience remains a pledge of conversion and of hope.”Catechism 1797
“The confession (or disclosure) of sins, even from a simply human point of view, frees us and facilitates our reconciliation with others. Through such an admission man looks squarely at the sins he is guilty of, takes responsibility for them, and thereby opens himself again to God and to the communion of the Church in order to make a new future possible.”Catechism 1455
A friend tells you they have not been to Confession in years and are scared to go back. They do not know what to say, and they are sure the priest will be shocked. You do not need to have every answer. You can say, “I get nervous too,” and remind them that “to know that you do not know is wisdom.” Offer to look up a Confession time together, to drive them, or to wait in the pew and pray. Let them see that recognizing sin is not the end of the story. It is the start of freedom.
Try this today: Choose one person who may be carrying something heavy, and pray for them by name this week; if the door opens, offer to go to Confession together.
RENEWAL
The Trinitarian M.A.P. is the method for RENEWAL, where God’s Love shapes our MINDSET, Trust in the Son directs our AIM, and Faith in the Holy Spirit guides our PRACTICE.
This chapter offers a new “Method” for the New Evangelization to RENEW our hearts and minds through the Trinitarian M.A.P. Bring this chapter into your day with the BFG Companion App. Pick Chapter 71 and an area of your life, and get Guidance made for you.
Renewal starts in the mind, and Chapter 71 starts with an honest one: “To know that you do not know is wisdom.” We live surrounded by answers. A search bar, a podcast and a confident stranger online all promise to tell us everything. But wisdom begins when we admit where our knowing ends. Of God, Scripture says, “How great is God—beyond our understanding!” (Job 36:26). A renewed mind is not embarrassed to say “I don’t know.” It turns that empty space into a prayer and lets God fill it, trusting Him more than its own understanding.
The chapter then names the opposite habit: “To not know but proclaim that you know is sin.” Pretending is tiring. We nod along in meetings, bluff through hard questions and act sure about people we have never really listened to. St. Paul warns, “Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know” (1 Corinthians 8:2). Pride closes the mind; humility opens it. So we let Christ renew our thinking until honesty feels more natural than looking smart, and being teachable feels like freedom, not defeat.
Try this: The next time you are tempted to bluff, say “I’m not sure” out loud, then pray quietly, “Lord, teach me.”
Job 36:26NRSVue “Surely God is great, and we do not know him; the number of his years is unsearchable.”
1 Corinthians 8:2NRSVue “Anyone who claims to know something does not yet have the necessary knowledge”
More Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6 · Matthew 23:12
A renewed mind needs a direction, and Chapter 71 aims us at the truth about ourselves: “When one recognizes sin as a sin, one can be free from sin.” The aim is not to feel bad. It is to see clearly. We are good at renaming sin: a lie becomes “spin,” gossip becomes “just venting,” resentment becomes “being real.” David stopped renaming and prayed, “For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me” (Psalm 51:3, NRSVue). Calling sin by its true name is where freedom begins, because what we finally admit, God can finally heal.
The chapter then points us to the One who shows what freedom looks like: “The Son of God is without sin.” Jesus is our aim. He “‘He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.’” (1 Peter 2:22, NRSVue), yet He was never cold or proud toward sinners. He ate with them, called them by name and invited them home. We will never be sinless by our own strength, but we can fix our eyes on Him. Each day we aim to see sin the way He sees it, and to see people the way He loves them.
Try this: Tonight, name one sin from today by its real name, without excuses, and hand it to Jesus in a short prayer.
Psalm 51:3NRSVue “For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.”
1 Peter 2:22NRSVue ““He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.””
More Scripture: Proverbs 28:13 · Hebrews 12:2
Renewal becomes real in daily practice. Chapter 71 ends with a promise about Jesus: “That is why He is free from sin.” His freedom is not locked away in heaven. He shares it: “So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36, NRSVue). We practice that freedom in small, concrete ways: a short examination of conscience before bed, a quick “I was wrong” to a coworker, a regular trip to Confession. Each honest step takes the power out of the sin we have been hiding and hands it to the One who carried it to the Cross.
We also practice the chapter’s first line: “To know that you do not know is wisdom.” Listen more than you speak. Ask questions before giving opinions. When a friend shares a struggle, resist the urge to fix it with a quick answer you are not sure of. Scripture promises, “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God” (James 1:5). Honest humility with people and honest repentance before God grow together. Both make room for the Holy Spirit, who guides us into all the truth.
Try this: Before bed, take a few quiet moments to ask: Where did I pretend today? Where did I sin? Then thank Jesus for His mercy.
John 8:36NRSVue “So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.”
James 1:5NRSVue “If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.”
More Scripture: Romans 6:18 · 1 John 1:9
In short: think humbly, aim at what is eternal, live by the Spirit. Admit what you do not know, call sin by its true name, and follow the sinless Son of God, who sets you truly free.
RESPOND
Renewal brings the transformation of our spirit with ardor, empowering us to RESPOND to the call of holiness and make disciples of all nations. This encourages meaningful dialogue to embrace shared truths that transcend cultural and religious boundaries.
Renewal does not end with us. When God changes a heart, He sends it out. Chapter 71 shows what kind of messenger He sends: not someone who pretends to have every answer, but someone who can honestly say, “To know that you do not know is wisdom.” We go as forgiven people who learned that “when one recognizes sin as a sin, one can be free from sin.” We do not carry a perfect record; we carry the news of a perfect Savior who is free from sin and sets others free.
In 1983, Saint John Paul II called the Church to an evangelization that is “new in its ardor, new in its methods, new in its expression.” The Gospel never changes. The way we carry it must be alive for our time. Chapter 71 shows why: in a world where everyone sounds certain and sin is rarely called sin, people need fresh, humble words that point to the freedom Jesus gives.
Ardor is the fire of a heart that has been loved by God. People feel it before they hear a single word. Chapter 71 says, “When one recognizes sin as a sin, one can be free from sin.” The fire burns brightest in a heart that has tasted mercy and cannot keep it to itself.
Use the words people use today: simple, honest and personal. Share your story, not a lecture. Chapter 71 says “to know that you do not know is wisdom,” so it is fine to say, “I don’t know, but let’s find out together.”
Meet people where they are: on the phone in their hand. The BFG Handbook and the BFG Companion turn one conversation into a path to Christ and His Church. Chapter 71 reminds us that only the Son of God is “free from sin” and able to free others, so our tools never take His place; they point people to His mercy.
Use the words people use today: simple, honest and personal. Share your story, not a lecture. Chapter 71 says “to know that you do not know is wisdom,” so it is fine to say, “I don’t know, but let’s find out together.”
What my life was like before I really met Jesus.
How He met me, and the moment things began to change.
What is different now, and the hope I carry. Like the chapter’s “when one recognizes sin as a sin,” when did admitting a wrong finally set you free?
Meet people where they are: on the phone in their hand. The BFG Handbook and the BFG Companion turn one conversation into a path to Christ and His Church. Chapter 71 reminds us that only the Son of God is “free from sin” and able to free others, so our tools never take His place; they point people to His mercy.
Every chapter has its own song and is written in a language people of every faith can understand. A doorway for dialogue. Chapter 71, The Wisdom of Truth, helps anyone tired of pretending, stuck in a sin they keep excusing, or afraid to admit they were wrong.
A friend shares a struggle. Together, pick a chapter and an area of life (start with Chapter 71 when someone is weighed down by a sin they cannot name, or worn out from always having to look like they have the answers). In seconds: a reflection, the M.A.P., a saint, a prayer, Scripture, a song and a church nearby. Send it by email, PDF or a share link.
Hard question? Ask it together. Answers are grounded in Catholic teaching, the saints and the BFG Handbook. Talk or type. Try asking together: “How do I know if something I keep doing is really a sin?”
Pray the Rosary with a guided voice, the daily mysteries and beads that follow along. Pray it with someone, even over the phone. In the Sorrowful Mysteries we walk with the sinless Son of God as He carries our sins, and we see what sin truly costs and how far His love goes.
Catholic churches near anyone, with Mass and Confession times, directions, and one tap to add a time to the calendar. Every conversation can end at a church door. It also shows Confession times, where anyone who “recognizes sin as a sin” can hear Christ’s forgiveness and walk out free.
Morning, midday and evening prayer reminders, a daily streak and a steady prayer rhythm help a new believer keep going. An evening reminder is a good time for an honest look back at the day, the first step toward being “free from sin.”
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One tool that walks with a person from the first question to the church door.
Jesus sent His apostles first to Jerusalem, then to Judea and Samaria, then to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8). Start where you are. Chapter 71 begins with “To know that you do not know is wisdom,” so start by listening to the people right around you before you say a word.
- Pray the Rosary together on Pray My Rosary.
- Bless your children at bedtime.
- Share a Guidance with a spouse or child who is struggling.
- Find Sunday Mass times together with Church Finder.
- At dinner, take turns finishing the sentence “Something I was wrong about this week was…,” then read the chapter’s first two lines together.
- Text a verse from your Guidance.
- Ask, “How can I pray for you?” and pray right then.
- Invite a friend to Mass, then go for coffee.
- Send the line: “When one recognizes sin as a sin, one can be free from sin.”
- Be the calm, kind one.
- Pray on your lunch break with a reminder.
- Start a small chapter group that meets once a week. Begin with Chapter 71, The Wisdom of Truth.
- Respect the rules: invite, never push.
- Listen for the moment: “Things have been hard.”
- Offer: “Can I send you something that helped me?”
- Share the Chapter 71 song.
- Ask good questions and really listen.
- Share your three-part story.
- Open Ask BFG together when a question comes up.
- When a friend cannot forgive themselves, share that Jesus is “free from sin” and gives that freedom away, and offer to go to Confession together.
- Visit the sick, the elderly and the lonely; pray the Rosary with them.
- Serve at a food bank.
- Welcome newcomers at Mass.
- Join your parish evangelization team.
- Ask shops, cafés and offices to display a BFG card with a QR code.
- Offer a short lunch talk on faith at work.
- Business owners: offer the Companion to staff as a free gift, never a requirement.
- Go where people already gather, and be the friendly one who listens.
- Pray quietly for the people around you.
- When a talk turns real, share a Guidance or the chapter song.
- Wear or carry a simple sign of your faith, like a cross or a rosary, that can start a conversation.
- At the gym, people admit their weak spots so they can get stronger; share that Chapter 71 says naming sin honestly is how we get free.
- Host a Chapter 71 “The Wisdom of Truth” night, a Handbook chapter night, a Rosary night or an “Ask Anything” faith night.
- Show the Companion on a big screen and let people try it.
- We did this at our free conference, The New Evangelization in the Age of AI, at Christ Cathedral.
- Share a Guidance, a chapter song or a Scripture card. Try: “To know that you do not know is wisdom”
- One post can reach someone you will never meet.
- Join a parish or diocese mission trip.
- The Companion speaks 48 languages, so you leave behind something that keeps speaking after you go home.
- Every culture honors the person humble enough to say “I don’t know,” a natural bridge to the sinless Son of God who sets us free.
- Your parish ministries, the Legion of Mary, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Catholic Charities, prison, hospital and campus ministries, and mission groups.
- Bring the BFG tools to their work.
You will not always have the answer. Some questions will leave you quiet. But Chapter 71 says “to know that you do not know is wisdom,” and it shows the Son of God who is “free from sin” and shares that freedom. Go humbly. Go honestly. Go as someone forgiven. The same Spirit who renewed you now sends you, to tell others that seeing sin for what it is opens the door to freedom in Christ.
Holy Son of God, free from sin, Holy Spirit, set my heart on fire. Jesus, send me to the one You love. Father, make me Your witness today. Amen.
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